As U.S., like the rest of the world, continues to grapple with stubborn inflation (at 8.2 percent in September), there are worries that consumer spending is going to falter and impact industrial owners’ ability to raise rents. Industry insiders, however, say such fears are over-stated. At the moment, industrial real estate fundamentals remain strong and […]
Sankalp Phartiyal and Debby Wu September 26, 2022 at 1:26 AM EDTUpdated onSeptember 26, 2022 at 3:48 AM EDT Apple Inc. began making its new iPhone 14 in India sooner than anticipated, after a surprisingly smooth production rollout that slashed the lag between Chinese and Indian output from months to mere weeks. The US tech giant […]
Massachusetts chain stores may be allowed to have 18 beer and wine licenses by 2031, which would double the current threshold should a ballot referendum succeed at the polls this November. Advancing Ballot Question 3 would gradually raise the alcohol license threshold for retailers, initially to 12 licenses in 2023 and to 15 licenses in […]
Dell has too many computers. Nike is swimming in summer clothes. And Gap is flooded with basics like T-shirts and shorts. After struggling with product shortages for much of the pandemic, the country’s retailers are now facing the opposite problem: an unprecedented glut of unsold merchandise that’s cutting into profits, derailing holiday plans and threatening […]
The Federal Trade Commission wants to take a closer look at Amazon’s $1.7 billion takeover of Roomba maker iRobot, delaying an acquisition process that has no expected closing date in sight. Both Bedford-based iRobot Corp. (Nasdaq: IRBT) and Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) received a request for additional information Monday from the FTC in connection with […]
Bricks-and-mortar store owners are emerging from the pandemic with surprising strength, posting some of their best numbers in years and plotting expansions as more Americans venture out to buy things again. U.S. retail vacancy fell to 6.1% in the second quarter, the lowest level in at least 15 years, while asking rents for U.S. shopping centers in the […]
Regency Center Corporation’s (Nasdaq: REG) overhaul of a trio of century-old buildings located in Cambridge, Massachusetts into modern mixed-use space—while carefully preserving the historic flair of their surroundings—reflects the versatility and perseverance of a REIT best known for its grocery-anchored shopping centers. The Jacksonville, Florida-based REIT’s restoration of the Abbot Building complex, a collection of three […]
Neighborhood and strip malls saw the highest rent growth in the second quarter, according to JLL’s latest report. Despite inflation headwinds that have presented challenges for shoppers, decreasing spending power and consumer confidence, JLL’s Q2 2022 Retail Outlook finds that retail fundamentals are solid, with net absorption remaining positive for six straight quarters, leasing hitting its highest number […]
Somerville’s planning board is meeting next month to consider the next step in developer US2’s nine-story life sciences building in Union Square. US2 has proposed a 280,000-square-foot mixed-use development with ground-level retail at 50 Webster Ave. The project would kick off the second phase of the USQ development, one of the most important components in […]
It has been a brutal half-decade for retail owners amid record-breaking retailer bankruptcies and a pandemic that brought in-person shopping to a temporary halt. But the fundamentals of retail real estate are looking better now that at any point in over a decade, according to a new report. Retail availability nationwide is at its lowest […]
